| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Fluorapatite |
| Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3F |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Tuperssuatsiaite | ⓘ3 photos of Fluorapatite associated with Tuperssuatsiaite at this locality. |
| Villiaumite | ⓘ2 photos of Fluorapatite associated with Villiaumite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ2 photos of Fluorapatite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Natrolite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Natrolite at this locality. |
| Aegirine | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Aegirine at this locality. |
| Fluorite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Fluorite at this locality. |
| Calcite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Labuntsovite-Mn | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Labuntsovite-Mn at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorapatite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (16 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 43592 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:43592:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 8adfc23d-6f17-40c2-bb43-eccec77af5c3 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite |
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| 76.7km (47.7 miles) | ⓘOtjisongati Mines, Okamuvia Farm 144, Seeis, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia |
| 81.8km (50.8 miles) | ⓘOnganja Mine, Helen Farm 235, Seeis, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia |
| 95.4km (59.3 miles) | ⓘOtjisazu Complex, Okahandja Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia |
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Kolitsch, U., Blaß, G., Jahn, S., Cámara, F., von Bezing, L., Wartha, R. R., Tremmel, G., Sturla, M., Cerea, P., Skebo, M. and Ciriotti, M. E. (2016): Aris - mineralogy of the famous alkaline phonolite. AMI - Associazione Micromineralogica Italiana, Cremona, Italy, 95 pp. |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | ........................pg. 3 Actinolite from Namibia by Justin Zzyzx .....................................................................pg. 27 Aris Quarries by Justin Zzyzx ..............................we bring you eleven articles about locations in Namibia that do not receive much publicity. It is easy...legendary deposits such as Tsumeb, the Brandberg region and the Erongo Mountains. Alpine clefts, huge soda...Mountains, located in the southwestern part of central Namibia. The Gamsberg Mountain is the most important landmark |  | Piilonen, P. C., McDonald, A. M., Grice, J. D., Rowe, R., Gault, R. A., Poirier, G., Cooper, M. A., Kolitsch, U., Roberts, A. C., Lechner, W., Palfi, A. G. (2010) Arisite-(Ce), a new rare-earth fluorocarbonate from the Aris phonolite, Namibia, Mont Saint-Hilaire and the Saint-Amable sill, Quebec, Canada. The Canadian Mineralogist, 48 (3) 661-671 doi:10.3749/canmin.48.3.661 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NEW RARE-EARTH FLUORCARBONATE FROM THE ARIS PHONOLITE, NAMIBIA, MONT SAINT-HILAIRE AND THE SAINT-AMABLE...4L4, Canada Andreas G. PALFI PO Box 23532, Windhoek, Namibia Abstract Arisite-(Ce), ideally NaCe2(CO3)2[(CO3)1–xF2x]F...rare-earth fluorcarbonate mineral from the Aris phonolite (Namibia), Mont Saint-Hilaire (Quebec), and the...the Saint-Amable sill (Quebec). At the Aris phonolite, arisite-(Ce) occurs as vitreous, transparent, beige...iodide. Its density Dcalc is 4.126 g/cm3 for Z = 1 (Aris). Arisite-(Ce) is uniaxial negative, has a sharp |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collected by Reinhold Bacher; Reinhold Bacher photo. Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine...abiding secrets.” (Moore and Wilson, 2012) Fluorapatite rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville...be opened to the left (west) of this byssolite region. Across the top of this doorway, about 1 foot in...Over experienced as he reached in and gently Fluorapatite crystals on matrix, 3.6 cm, from the 1966 pocket...Maine, looking for more of the royal-purple fluorapatite crystals that had made the quarry so famous |
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Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia